No Recruitment or Compensation Above-Step 10

(a)No agency, department, autonomous agency, public corporation, or other instrumentality of the government of Guam shall authorize compensation above Step 10 for the initial appointment, hiring or recruitment of an employee. This Section shall not apply to the Office of I Maga’hågan/Maga’låhen Guåhan, Office of I Sigundo Maga’hågan/Maga’låhen Guåhan, Guam State Clearinghouse, I Liheslaturan Guåhan, to any agency whose governing board has exclusive authority over compensation, or to any positions specifically exempted by law.

(b)Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director of Administration shall adjust to Step 10 the compensation of an unclassified employee who was hired above Step 10 before enactment hereof effective the date of this enactment. Failure to comply with this Section shall result in the deappropriation of the total amount of compensation paid in violation hereof from the budget of the non-compliant agency.

(c)An employee hired by the Office of the Public Auditor prior to October 2007 shall not be personally liable for repayment of any salary received in good faith prior to December 2008.

(d)[No text]

(1)The Department of Public Works

(DPW)is authorized to recruit and compensate above step one

(1)professional engineer in the unclassified service to fill the vacant position of Chief Engineer for DPW’s Highway Division and one

(1)professional engineer in the unclassified service to fill the vacant position of Chief Engineer for DPW’s Capital Improvement Projects

(CIP)Division. In addition to meeting the qualifications and requirements for the position as established by the Department of Administration, the candidate shall be registered as a professional civil engineer in Guam, or shall become registered in Guam within two

(2)years after beginning employment. Additionally, when hiring above step per this Subsection, the candidate for Chief Engineer of DPW’s Highway Division shall have a minimum of ten

(10)years of relevant highway engineering experience; and the candidate for Chief Engineer of DPW’s CIP Division shall have a minimum of ten

(10)years of relevant civil engineering experience.

(2)The Department of Administration shall review and confirm that the person(s) recruited for the position of Chief Engineer for DPW’s Highway Division and Chief Engineer for DPW’s CIP CH. 6 COMPENSATION OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES Division are registered professional engineers in any U.S. jurisdiction and have a minimum of ten

(10)years of highway engineering and civil engineering experience, respectively. If the person filling either position is not a Guam registered professional engineer, and fails to attain professional engineer status on Guam within the two

(2)year period after beginning employment, the position(s) shall be vacated immediately. The Department of Administration shall also recommend the step in Pay Grade S that the selected applicant is entitled to as a result of a review of his or her education, experience, and professional licensure.